Kyorpek from AP tagg Arm. mans place and shoot him

Big Fella 213 · Guest

Man shot in chest while confronting taggers in Hollywood
The victim, the owner of an auto body shop, was shot Wednesday after telling two gang-affiliated young men to stop painting the side of his building. He is in stable condition.
By Francisco Vara-Orta and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
12:13 PM PDT, June 26, 2008
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An auto body shop owner shot in the chest Wednesday during a confrontation with gang-affiliated taggers who had scrawled graffiti on his Hollywood business was in stable condition today, according to authorities and the man's brother.

The midday incident took place in the 5000 block of Hollywood Boulevard shortly after 1 p.m. when workers at the business spotted taggers painting a side wall with 6-foot high black letters and told the owner.

* Scene where an auto body shop owner ... was shot in the chest.
Scene where an auto body shop owner ... was shot in the chest.
* Google Map: Man shot confronting taggers
Google Map: Man shot confronting taggers

* Graffiti

The man and his employees were writing down license plate information when the alleged taggers got out of their car, said LAPD Sgt. Alfredo Flores. The owner told the two youths --described as white males, each not much taller than 5 feet -- not to tag his property, Flores said. One of the youths pulled out a handgun, shot the man in the chest and then got back in the car and drove away.

Authorities said the youths are believed to have ties to a local gang, known as Armenian Power. Surveillance video from the shop is being used by detectives who said they think they have identified the youths and are searching for them now, said LAPD Cmdr. Pat Gannon.

Gannon said other youths had been questioned but no arrests had been made in the case. A vehicle believed to have been used by the suspects was found Wednesday in the San Fernando Valley and seized by officers. The auto body shop had previously been tagged with graffiti and the owner had installed video cameras connected to the store's computers to monitor activity.

At the shop this morning, the wounded man's brother, who would not give his name, said only that his brother was doing fine.

The taggers' bold black letters were still fresh on the building's beige wall. At least one coat of paint already covered a previous paint job. The wall faces the parking lot for a costume rental shop and a Head Start program.

Liousin Demirtchian, 46, was home listening to music when the shooting took place.

"It's scary for my daughter and my son," Demirtchian said while on a morning walk with her daughter Marine 12. "I don't want my daughter getting in the path of that."

She said in their eight years in the neighborhood their building had been tagged only once, although graffiti is common in the area.

Demirtchian said they did not hear the shooting but later walked outside to find street near their apartment building shut down by police. Neighbors told them what had happened.

"I wouldn't have done anything at all," Marine said. "I would just let them go ahead and tag because its not worth my life."

Shootings by taggers have become more common, Flores said.

Look at what this little Xuligan Bozi Txerk. Fucking little buster ass youngsters discrasing the whole gang. Derants Glxin galik ka bozi chutera hay martu businessi vra tagg en anum vorov dzever chunen vor etan otari texi vra anen and then they get up and shoot him vay drants xuligan lava kunem.

Anette · Guest

Damn thats sad.... I agree with the above post. Why don't they go tag some ghetto mexican place????

DOC · Guest

Mexicans kill Mexicans.
Blacks kill blacks.

These kids think they're both.

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

People Kill People! Armenians Kill Armenians there is just less of a population,Being in a gang has got nothing to do with race their are plenty of gangs in every race, most come from poverty or single parent homes or they deal or do drugs.

DOC · Guest

No shit people kill people. That's not my point.

We are a small minority, much MUCH smaller than blacks and Mexicans. We march on April 24th, but once that day is over we will kill each other.

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

DOC · Guest

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

Dont blame the Blacks and The Mexicans

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

Yeah there is a mostly white gang all accross the states that call themselves Juggalos after ICP and they have been involved in many murders and other crimes accross the country

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

The Juggalos are mostley identified by their hatchett man Tattoos

DOC · Guest

These guests are dumb.

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

Ok, First of all this kids’ tagg like queers. Tagging is gay but if you do it at least do it correct.
They wrote V.AP X3 meaning Varrio Armenian Power 13. Well last I checked Varrio was a Spanish word not Armenian or English. Yes they do have the 13 because they are a Taxed South Side 13 gang but when they put varrio it shows how queer this kids were. Hey faggots next time you want to right Barrio or Varrio save it and hit up Neighborhood or N-Hood or N-H-> at least so Mexicans wont laugh and say why is and Armenian acting like there Spanish. Yea that was my 10 cents on this oh and this kids are bozi txerk for shooting an Armenian man and putting gang graffiti on the mans business which he works and runs to feed his family unlike you punk mother fuckers without no jobs or worries. Jaj tam dzer aylandak bernerin. You punks are going to get caught up if not by the AP OG’s maybe by some Doxov txerk who are going to bust one in your ass or even a lobi or negger or red neck or chino or whatever you fools should get blasted and probably will. Oh and look at the old Armenian lady behind the beaner woman in the pic they don’t even know there being filmed Very Happy

Guest · Posted Thu Jun 26, 2008

Kiso · Supreme Member Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 314

lame -_-